Reality

Hi sweet blog readers. Boy have I been MIA on this blog o’ mine. Sorry about that. I’ve realized that nowadays I’ve just been too busy to get on the sweet blog and post something that has any substance to it, ya know? That makes me feel bad. I realize my blog has been neglected and for all of you that have stopped by here and there hoping to see something new and have been disappointed – I’m so sorry. I’ve discovered that I just have to cut myself some slack, ya know? Us Mamas need to do that every now and then or else we’ll become overwhelmed, overcome with guilt and just over it altogether. LOL. So that’s what I’ve been doing – cutting myself some slack, trying to get into a groove of a new schedule and routine (now that I am working part-time from home for www.junelily.com) and just trying to balance it all. It’s not easy, as I’m sure you all know and the REALLY hard part of it all is NOT feeling that guilt that can creep in. I can’t do everything and be everything. The balance takes practice and time and well – WORK. So – that’s the place I’m in right now. Trying to balance it all AND stay caught up with my Project Life and yep as you might have guessed, I’m not. But that’s ok. :)

My husband asked me the other day if I was letting the “being behind on Project Life” get to me a bit and stress me out. I think he could tell that I was a bit stressed because I was still trying to finish up my Week 15 pages and work on my Week 16 pages. I realized something when he asked me that – I WAS letting it get to me. That was not what I wanted for me on this Project Life journey. You see – I actually ENJOY Project Life and it’s truly an easy, more laid back way to do memory keeping. It’s perfect for me right now. The problem wasn’t Project Life it was, unfortunately, Project Life Tuesdays. LOL. I was letting that little bit of stress get to me TOO much when it wasn’t necessary. I think doing the “Project Life Tuesdays” here at my blog was not only a way that I thought would help discipline me and keep me accountable when it came to Project Life, but it was a way to connect with so many other readers and Project Lifers and I was excited about that. When I got behind though I found myself feeling guilty because I didn’t have MY pages up for everyone else to see since everyone was so kind to share their pages with ME. LOL. I also felt terrible that I was so far behind on checking out everyone’s links and leaving a comment. I just couldn’t get caught up. Sigh.

So that’s where I am now. I’ve decided that to maintain a better balance right now and just so I don’t get burnt out – I’m not going to host Project Life Tuesdays on my blog anymore. I apologize if that bums some of you out. It actually bums me out, but it’s just something I have to do right now. I’m going to keep on doing Project Life, but just do it as my time allows and not put so much pressure on myself to get it done by Tuesday or else! LOL! I just want to enjoy the process. I just want to enjoy my blog. I don’t want to over-complicate things or put too much on my plate. The reality of it all is that I just had to let it go. So, the past 16 weeks have been wonderful seeing all of your Project Life pages. I plan on continuing to check out your blogs and be inspired. There is SO much Project Life goodness out there.   I am BEYOND grateful to all of you who have come here for 16 weeks now and have left the links to your Project Life pages. They have inspired me SO much! I hope that you will continue to stop by my blog – I promise I will post more soon. It’s time to simplify things. Life’s too short, ya know?

Anyway, just had to get that out there. I feel better already. :)

Now onto the winner of the Cutesy bracelet …

Congratulations, Jennifer! If you could click on the envelope icon and shoot me and email with your address, I will get that bracelet out to you! Looks like that charm you wear DOES bring good luck! Ha!

Thanks again for hearing me out about Project Life Tuesdays. Sending you all BIG hugs today and every day. I’ll be back soon. Promise. ;)